Suzanne Collins

Born in 1962 in Connecticut, Suzanne Collins was the daughter of an Air Force officer who moved the family to live all over the world - from New York City to Brussels, Belgium. A voracious reader from an early age, Collins remained passionate about the arts all through college, where she majored in theater and telecommunications. Collins went on to earn a master's degree in dramatic writing from New York University. In 1991, she began writing on several children's programs for the Nickelodeon network including "Clarissa Explains It All" (1991-94), a family comedy starring Melissa Joan Hart, and "The Mystery Files of Shelby Woo" (1996-99), about a young girl who works at a police station to s... Continue Bio >>